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Heraldic Pride Flags Masterpost
Apr. 10th, 2025 11:20 pmAll of these are free to use and reproduce in any variation as long as you can blazon it the same way (I will include the blazon, or formal heraldic description, under each flag). The shades of colours and the execution of the blazon can all be variant. As long as you can recognise it at the size of a postage stamp OR twenty yards away in the rain, it is correct.
A field chevronny sable and azure, a pale argent, on it three hearts gules.
I re-arranged the stripes of the leather flag, and made it three hearts instead of one because of the many triplicate concepts in kink: top/versatile/bottom, dominant/switch/submissive, safe/sane/consensual (nb: there is criticism of ssc by the Mad community, as well as those with kinks that cannot be made safe. However SSC is still a part of the community and the discussion about it is a good thing!)
Blazon: A field per fess azure and sable, a fess or, upon it a pi symbol gules.
As you can see, all I really had to do with this one was flip the colours of the fess, or middle stripe, and the pi symbol. Now it has higher contrast and is easier to see!
Blazon: A field per pale azure and argent. To dexter, a sea-horse rampant sinister or. To sinister, a butterfly volant gules et rose.
Okay, so I have a Thing about the proliferation of Stripes In A Gradient flags. I hate them, to put it lightly. I think queer people deserve Creatures and Beaſtes. In fact, transwomen picked out the butterfly and transmen picked out the seahorse long before my time! I discovered our mascots as a baby transboy way back in 2007 and was delighted. All I did was 'translate' the sea-horse into heraldic depiction, because I think hippocampus is a fun creature. For the joined flag, I swapped the field colours so the butterfly could be colourful, as butterflies should be, and added pink that way.
Transfem Blazon: A field per pale sable and gules, a butterfly volant argent.
Transmasc Blazon: A field per pale azure and sable, a sea-horse rampant.
The individual banners are more heraldic. I took the colours of the trans flag and made the colours basic heraldic ones, and added the black of flux and spring and transformation, as well as adding gold because many seahorse species are mostly yellow, including the most famous and well-recognised one. The sea-horse is facing the blue side to signify transmasc people going from a state of flux toward masculinity. I would have done the same with the butterfly but butterflies are symmetrical!
Blazon: A field per pale purpure and or, two werewolves rampant dexter; one argent langued or, one sable langued purpure.*
Werewolves are neither human nor wolf, no matter what they look like; they are always werewolves, and shift freely between shapes. Also, my best friend who is non-binary loves werewolves and wanted a werewolf to be the non-binary Creature. Heraldically speaking, a "werewolf" actually is a "wolf with human hands instead of feet, and human ears", so if you wanna get real correct, you could draw it that way too! These flags are not set in stone bc of how they look in this post!
Blazon: A field counter-ermine. A saltire argent, upon it five pine trees proper.
I chose the saltire because it makes an X and that symbolises how aromantic people "X-out" of the idea of romantic stuff. I chose pine trees because my mother, who is aro, loves evergreen trees the most in the whole world; trees are also green, like the green stripes of the flag, so I thought it fitting. Trees are also not living beings that have any kind of pair-bonding, and yet also have sexual relations with other trees to make more trees. I used counter-ermine because it's more visually distinct and interesting. I wanted to also show that these flags can be made into any shape of shield or banner and still work.
Blazon: A field semy pique purpure and sable. A saltire argent, upon it five dragons rampant sable and purpure.*
Another saltire, this time because asexuals do not interact with sex in the usual way or at all. Piques (i.e. the spade symbol) and dragons because in my long years in the community, I have seen these two symbols used the most for our community. Having a semy means I can include both the pique and the dragon without cluttering up the flag. This one is probably the most intricate and difficult to draw, but again, the dragons can be as detailed as this or can be like, trogdor or something. As long as they're recognisably dragons with four legs and two wings, and only one foot on the ground, you're good!
Blazon: A field or per chevron purpure. A pile to base purpure. Two gouttes de sang, to base a unicorn rampant sinister or.
Ok so the intersex flag as it stands, the field or with the annulet purpure, is a perfectly fine heraldic flag. But the thing is, I’m angry about a few things that are going on with intersex people and have been going on with them for some time. So I made this “in distress” version of the flag, because we are at war!
So the two drops of blood are because intersex babies and children are mutilated to force them into the binary. The gold unicorn rampant is because we are simultaneously denied ambiguity by the medical establishment as adults, forced into the binary by way of being denied, “you’re not REALLY intersex because your genitals don’t look ambiguous enough”, when the standard for “ambiguous enough” is never met by judgement of the doctors–to them, a truly ambiguous enough, truly intersex person is imaginary, like a unicorn. And the chevron points up because we are fighting and our rights are on the rise if we stand UP!
Blazon: A field per saltire tenné and or. A saltire sable.
The X is for Xeno, or 'strange', and X is also used for the Unknown, as is the black of the void. The orange is because Halloween is a monsters' holiday. The yellow is for joy and both moon and sunlight, for monsters encompass all possibilities. Yellow is also because I don't see it that much in pride flags, so using it here makes it distinctive.
Orange (Tenné;, which can also be depicted as tan or brown) is, like pink (rose), a very late addition to heraldry—as indeed it was to the English language!
Edited to Add (2 June 2025): I have not designed the lesbian, pan, or a few other flags because I am not in that group and a group member should design that flag. I am willing to help any that want to design such a flag to follow heraldic rules of grammar.
I have not designed the bi, genderqueer, or other flags of groups I AM in simply because either I have not had the time yet, and/or I haven't decided on or found out a good Creature to be our mascot. I am as always leaning toward Mythical Beaſtes not much seen or used, such as a peryton or a pantheon. I think perhaps a water- or air-based creature ought to be the one for genderqueer or genderfluid, as water and air are the mutable and changeable elements of transformation and flux.
Leather/Kink General:
A field chevronny sable and azure, a pale argent, on it three hearts gules.
I re-arranged the stripes of the leather flag, and made it three hearts instead of one because of the many triplicate concepts in kink: top/versatile/bottom, dominant/switch/submissive, safe/sane/consensual (nb: there is criticism of ssc by the Mad community, as well as those with kinks that cannot be made safe. However SSC is still a part of the community and the discussion about it is a good thing!)
Polyamory/Non-Monagamy
Blazon: A field per fess azure and sable, a fess or, upon it a pi symbol gules.
As you can see, all I really had to do with this one was flip the colours of the fess, or middle stripe, and the pi symbol. Now it has higher contrast and is easier to see!
Transgender Flag
Blazon: A field per pale azure and argent. To dexter, a sea-horse rampant sinister or. To sinister, a butterfly volant gules et rose.
Okay, so I have a Thing about the proliferation of Stripes In A Gradient flags. I hate them, to put it lightly. I think queer people deserve Creatures and Beaſtes. In fact, transwomen picked out the butterfly and transmen picked out the seahorse long before my time! I discovered our mascots as a baby transboy way back in 2007 and was delighted. All I did was 'translate' the sea-horse into heraldic depiction, because I think hippocampus is a fun creature. For the joined flag, I swapped the field colours so the butterfly could be colourful, as butterflies should be, and added pink that way.
Transfem and Transmasc Flag
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Transfem Blazon: A field per pale sable and gules, a butterfly volant argent.
Transmasc Blazon: A field per pale azure and sable, a sea-horse rampant.
The individual banners are more heraldic. I took the colours of the trans flag and made the colours basic heraldic ones, and added the black of flux and spring and transformation, as well as adding gold because many seahorse species are mostly yellow, including the most famous and well-recognised one. The sea-horse is facing the blue side to signify transmasc people going from a state of flux toward masculinity. I would have done the same with the butterfly but butterflies are symmetrical!
Non-Binary Flag
Blazon: A field per pale purpure and or, two werewolves rampant dexter; one argent langued or, one sable langued purpure.*
Werewolves are neither human nor wolf, no matter what they look like; they are always werewolves, and shift freely between shapes. Also, my best friend who is non-binary loves werewolves and wanted a werewolf to be the non-binary Creature. Heraldically speaking, a "werewolf" actually is a "wolf with human hands instead of feet, and human ears", so if you wanna get real correct, you could draw it that way too! These flags are not set in stone bc of how they look in this post!
Aromantic Flag
Blazon: A field counter-ermine. A saltire argent, upon it five pine trees proper.
I chose the saltire because it makes an X and that symbolises how aromantic people "X-out" of the idea of romantic stuff. I chose pine trees because my mother, who is aro, loves evergreen trees the most in the whole world; trees are also green, like the green stripes of the flag, so I thought it fitting. Trees are also not living beings that have any kind of pair-bonding, and yet also have sexual relations with other trees to make more trees. I used counter-ermine because it's more visually distinct and interesting. I wanted to also show that these flags can be made into any shape of shield or banner and still work.
Asexual Flag:
Blazon: A field semy pique purpure and sable. A saltire argent, upon it five dragons rampant sable and purpure.*
Another saltire, this time because asexuals do not interact with sex in the usual way or at all. Piques (i.e. the spade symbol) and dragons because in my long years in the community, I have seen these two symbols used the most for our community. Having a semy means I can include both the pique and the dragon without cluttering up the flag. This one is probably the most intricate and difficult to draw, but again, the dragons can be as detailed as this or can be like, trogdor or something. As long as they're recognisably dragons with four legs and two wings, and only one foot on the ground, you're good!
Intersex Flag (Distressed/At War)
Blazon: A field or per chevron purpure. A pile to base purpure. Two gouttes de sang, to base a unicorn rampant sinister or.
Ok so the intersex flag as it stands, the field or with the annulet purpure, is a perfectly fine heraldic flag. But the thing is, I’m angry about a few things that are going on with intersex people and have been going on with them for some time. So I made this “in distress” version of the flag, because we are at war!
So the two drops of blood are because intersex babies and children are mutilated to force them into the binary. The gold unicorn rampant is because we are simultaneously denied ambiguity by the medical establishment as adults, forced into the binary by way of being denied, “you’re not REALLY intersex because your genitals don’t look ambiguous enough”, when the standard for “ambiguous enough” is never met by judgement of the doctors–to them, a truly ambiguous enough, truly intersex person is imaginary, like a unicorn. And the chevron points up because we are fighting and our rights are on the rise if we stand UP!
Bonus: Monsterfucker Flag:
Blazon: A field per saltire tenné and or. A saltire sable.
The X is for Xeno, or 'strange', and X is also used for the Unknown, as is the black of the void. The orange is because Halloween is a monsters' holiday. The yellow is for joy and both moon and sunlight, for monsters encompass all possibilities. Yellow is also because I don't see it that much in pride flags, so using it here makes it distinctive.
Orange (Tenné;, which can also be depicted as tan or brown) is, like pink (rose), a very late addition to heraldry—as indeed it was to the English language!
Edited to Add (2 June 2025): I have not designed the lesbian, pan, or a few other flags because I am not in that group and a group member should design that flag. I am willing to help any that want to design such a flag to follow heraldic rules of grammar.
I have not designed the bi, genderqueer, or other flags of groups I AM in simply because either I have not had the time yet, and/or I haven't decided on or found out a good Creature to be our mascot. I am as always leaning toward Mythical Beaſtes not much seen or used, such as a peryton or a pantheon. I think perhaps a water- or air-based creature ought to be the one for genderqueer or genderfluid, as water and air are the mutable and changeable elements of transformation and flux.
